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PRESS  CLUB  OF  CHICAGO 
26  N.   Dearborn   Street 


CONSTITUTION 

of  the 

Press  Club  of  Chicago 


Adopted  April  12, 1908 

Revised  May,  1911 


CHICAGO,  1911 


OFFICERS  1911 


President 
CHARLES  H.  SERGEL 

First  Vice-President 
E.  J.  BAKER 

Second  Vice-President 
R.  R.  JONES 

Treasurer 
HARRY  S.  HYMAN 

Financial  Secretary 
D.  L.  HANSON 

Recording  Secretary 
W.  FREDERIC  NUTT 

Librarian 
JOSEPH  F.  HENDERSON 

Directors 

Theo.  Van  R.  Ashcroft 

Frank  D.  Comerford 

Horace  M.  Ford 

George  B.  Hische 

W.  R.  Barnes 

H.  B.  McMeal 


Constitution 


Article  I. — Name  and  Object. 

Section  1.     The  name  of  this  organization  shall    Name 
be  the  Press  Club  of  Chicago. 

Section  2.     Its  object  shall  be  to  bring  members    Object 
of   the   newspaper,    literary   and   publishing   callings 
together  in  closer  personal  relations,  to  further  good 
fellowship,  to  promote  the  interests  of  its  members 
and  to  provide  them  with  comfortable  club  rooms. 


Art.   II. — Members. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  five  classes  of  mem- 
bers; Active,  Non-resident,  Life,  Honorary  and 
Active   Retired. 

Section  2.  The  following  shall  be  eligible  to  ac- 
tive and  non-resident   membership : 

(a)  Persons  regularly  connected  with  the  press, 
in  Chicago  or  elsewhere,  as  editors,  reporters,  artists, 
proprietors,  paid  correspondents  or  contributors,  gen- 
eral managers,  business  managers ;  and  proofreaders 
of  the  daily  press. 

(b)  Persons  who  can  produce  indisputable  proof 
of  having  at  some  time  fulfilled  one  or  more  of  the 
above  qualifications  on  the  press  for  a  period  of 
five  years. 

(c)  Authors  of  books  of  original  matter  and  of 
literary  character ;  publishers  and  illustrators  of  such 
books,  and  of  periodicals ;  librarians,  and  persons 
whose  occupation  is  chiefly  literary. 


Members 


Active  and 
non-resident 


(d)  Provided^  That  the  residence  or  place  of 
business  of  non-resident  members  must  not  be 
within  the  Hmits  of  Cook  County,  Illinois. 
Transfers  Section  3.  Active  members,  upon  removal  from 
Cook  County,  shall  be  transferred  by  the  Board  of 
Directors  to  the  non-resident  list  if  they  so  request. 

Section  4.  (a)  Non-resident  members,  upon  be- 
coming residents  of  Cook  County,  or  having  their 
regular  place  of  business  in  Cook  County,  shall  be 
transferred  by  the  Board  of  Directors  to  active 
membership  and  shall  pay  dues  accordingly ;  such 
transfer  to  be  made  without  regard  to  the  limit 
placed  on  membership. 

(b)  Transfers  of  non-resident  to  active  mem- 
bership shall  be  given  precedence  when  vacancies 
occur;  that  is,  no  new  applicants  shall  be  elected 
to  active  membership  so  long  as  the  700  limit  of 
membership,  counting  transfers,  is   full. 

(c)  Non-resident  members,  upon  making  pro- 
longed stay  in  Cook  County,  shall  pay  active  dues 
for  such  period,  if  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  so 
order. 

Limit  of  Section  5.  The  number  of  active  members  shall 
be  limited  to  seven  hundred,  except  that  this  num- 
ber may  be  increased  by  transfer  from  the  non- 
resident list. 
Life  ynemhers  Section  6.  The  following  shall  be  eligible  to  life 
membership  : 

(a)     Any  person  of  good  character  and  of  liter- 
ary  appreciation. 
Limit         (b)     The   limit   shall  be  five  hundred. 


active 
members 


Section    7.     Active    and    life    members    in    good    Rights 
standing  shall  have  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of 
the  Club.    Non-resident  and  honorary  members  shall 
not  vote  or  hold  office. 

Section  8.    The  following  shall  be  eligible  to  hon-    Honorary 
orary  membership : 

(a)  Authors  of  international  or  national  repu- 
tation. 

(b)  Persons  who  have  placed  the  Club  under 
deep   obligation. 

Section  9.  Active  members  who  have  been  in 
the  Club  ten  years  and  have  reached  the  age  of 
sixty-five  may,  upon  their  own  request,  or  by  action 
of  the  Board,  be  transferred  to  the  Active  Retired 
list ;  and  be  thereafter  exempt  from  payment  of 
dues. 

Section  10.     No  woman  shall  be  eligible  to  mem-    Women 
bership  in  the  Club. 


Art.   III. — Endowed  Annual  Memberships. 

Section  1.  Endowed  Memberships. — These  shall  Endowed 
be  effective  during  the  life  of  the  Press  Club,  and  memberships 
shall  be  issued,  not  to  any  individual,  but  to  such  of 
the  daily  newspapers  of  Chicago  as  shall  qualify 
therefor.  Each  such  membership  shall  entitle  the 
newspaper  holding  the  same  to  have  remitted,  or 
canceled,  each  calendar  year,  during  a  period  of 
twenty-five  years,  the  annual  dues  of  such  active 
member  of  the  Club  as  the  newspaper,  by  its  man- 
aging editor,  shall  designate.  Such  designation  (to 
be    made    upon    due    notice    from    the    Club    that    a 


vacancy  will  exist  on  certain  day)  in  order  to  be 
effective  shall  be  made  within  the  first  quarter  of 
the    calendar   year. 

Section  2.    Provided,  however,    That  in  case  of 
the    resignation,    discharge    or    death,    or    exclusion 
from  the   Club,  of  such   designated  person   another 
•  may  be  named  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  year.    Should 

a  newspaper  fail  to  exercise  its  right  of  such  desig- 
nation in  any  year,  it  shall  not  have  the  right  in 
any  following  year  to  make  more  than  one  such 
designation  for  each  membership  it  holds.  The  own- 
ership of  such  membership  shall  not  be  transfer- 
able, and  shall  cease  on  the  suspension  or  absorption 
of  the  newspaper  holding  it.  Members  designated 
by  newspapers,  as  above  provided,  shall  be  subject 
to  all  Club  rules  and  regulations,  except  those  re- 
lating to  dues. 

Section  3.  The  Press  Club  shall  deliver  a  con- 
tract specifying  the  rights  of  endowed  annual  mem- 
bership to  such  daily  newspapers  in  Chicago  as  may 
acquire  them  under  the  regulations  required,  and 
the  Club  shall  not  change  the  terms  of  any  such 
contract  without  the  consent  of  the  newspaper  inter- 
ested. 

Section  4.  The  Club  shall  receive  for  these  mem- 
berships, in  advance,  $400  for  one ;  $750  for  two ; 
$1,000  for  three — all  by  one  purchaser. 

Art.  IV. — Officers. 

Officers         Section  1.     The  officers  of  the  Club  shall  be  :  The 
President,  First  and  Second  Vice-Presidents,  Treas- 


urer,  Financial  Secretary,  Recording  Secretary,  Li- 
brarian, and  six  Directors,  all  of  whom  shall  consti- 
tute a  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Club. 

Section  2.   The  Standing  Committees  of  the  Club,    Standing 
by  appointment  of  the  President,  shall  be  : 

(a)  An   Entertainment  Committee. 

(b)  A  Reception  Committee. 

(c)  A  Building  Committee  of  live. 

(d)  An  Art  Committee  of  three  members. 

Section  3.  The  officers  shall  be  elected  annually  Election 
by  ballot  on  the  first  Thursday  after  the  first  day  of  ^^  officers 
September.  Except  that  at  the  January,  1911,  elec- 
tion three  Directors  shall  be  elected  till  the  next 
September  meeting,  and  three  for  the  term  expiring 
at  the  September  meeting,  1911,  and  commencing 
with  the  September  election,  1911,  three  Directors 
shall  be  elected  annually  for  the  term  of  two  years, 
and  they,  with  the  three  ''hold  over"  Directors,  will 
constitute  the  full  number.  At  4  o'clock  p.  m.  on 
that  day  the  President  shall  call  those  present  to 
order,  state  the  object  of  the  meeting,  appoint  one 
judge  and  one  clerk  of  election  and  immediately 
declare  the  polls  open.  No  one  whose  dues  are  not 
paid  up  to  July  1  of  the  current  year,  or  whose  ■ 
house  account  exceeds  the  constitutional  limit  as 
to  amount  or  time,  shall  vote  or  be  elected  to  any 
office.  The  Financial  Secretary  shall  be  present  or 
furnish  a  list  to  the  Judge  of  Election  to  determine 
who  are  debarred  from  voting  under  the  above  pro- 
visions. The  polls  shall  be  kept  open  continuously 
until  9  o'clock  p.  m.,  at  which  time  they  shall  be  de- 

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clared  closed  by  the  judge  in  charge.  The  judge  and 
clerk  and  one  representative  of  each  avowed  candi- 
date for  President  shall  thereupon  count  the  ballots, 
and  the  clerk  shall  fully  record  the  result  at  once, 
and  post  the  same  on  the  bulletin  board.  The 
Recording  Secretary  shall  report  the  same  to  the 
Club  at  its  next  regular  meeting. 
Vacancies  Section  4.  When  a  vacancy  occurs  in  any  office 
by  death,  resignation,  removal  from  the  city,  or 
other  cause,  that  fact  shall  be  announced  at  the 
next  regular  meeting  of  the  Club,  and  an  election  to 
fill  such  vacancy  shall  be  held  at  a  future  meeting, 
either  regular  or  special,  and  notice  of  such  election 
shall  be  posted  on  the  bulletin  board  for  at  least 
seven  days  prior  to  such  election. 

Section  5.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office,  save 
that  of  President,  the  Board  of  Directors  may  se- 
lect any  member  of  the  Club  in  good  standing  to 
discharge  the  duties  of  said  office  until  the  Club  fills 
the  vacancy  as  above  provided. 

Section  6.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of 
President  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  at  once  order 
an  election  to  be  held  on  the  second  Thursday  there- 
after, and  shall  post  a  notice  of  same  on  the  bulletin 
board.  The  election  shall  be  held  in  accordance  with 
the  section  governing  the  election  of  officers. 
Removal  Section  7.  If  any  Director  shall  absent  himself 
rom  0  ce  ^^^^  meetings  of  the  Board,  without  sufficient  ex- 
cuse, or  be  flagrantly  derelict  in  performing  the  du- 
ties of  his  position,  that  fact  shall  be  reported  to  the 
Club,  which  is  hereby  authorized  to  declare  his  office 

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vacant,  and  the  same  may  be  filled  as  above  pro- 
vided. 

Section  8.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President    ^^^^-^^  ^f 
to  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Club  and  of  the    President 
Directory,  to  preside  at  other  gatherings,  or  appoint 
a    representative,    to    appoint    standing    and    special 
committees,  and  to  be  the  custodian  of  the  bonds  of 
the  Treasurer,  Recording  and  Financial  Secretary. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice-Presi 
dents,  in  their  order,  to  perform  the  duties  of  Presi 
dent  in  his  absence. 


Duties  of 
Vice-President 


Section  10.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer    „    . 

Duties    of 

to  have  charge  of  the  moneys  and  funds  of  the  Club.    Treasurer 

(a)  All  moneys  received  by  the  Club  properly 
through  the  Financial  Secretary  from  dues,  depart- 
ment accounts,  miscellaneous  sources,  etc.,  shall  be 
deposited  by  the  Treasurer  in  such  bank  or  banks 
as  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  designate.  Such 
moneys  shall  not  be  drawn  out  except  by  the  Treas- 
urer's check,  and  corresponding  with  a  warrant  or- 
dered by  the  Board  of  Directors  and  signed  by  the 
President  and  Financial  Secretary. 

(b)  All  moneys  received  by  the  Club  from  rents, 
life  membership  fees  and  bequests  shall  be  deposited 
by  the  Treasurer  in  such  bank  or  banks  as  the  Board 
of  Directors  shall  designate,  but  such  bank  or  banks 
shall  not  be  the  same  as  designated  under  paragraph 
(a)  preceding.  Such  moneys  shall  not  be  paid  out 
or  expended  except  on  the  Treasurer's  check,  coun- 
tersigned by  the  President  of  the  Club  and  such  offi- 
cer or  committeeman  as  the  Board  shall  designate. 


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and  corresponding  to  a  warrant  ordered  by  the  Club, 
and  such  moneys  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other 
purpose  than  may  be  specified  under  authority  of 
Art.  XIII. 

(c)  The  Treasurer  shall  give  a  bond  with  two 
sureties,  or  a  bonding  company,  in  the  sum  of  $10,- 
000,  said  bond  to  contain  the  usual  provisions  and  to 
be  approved  by  the  Board  of  Directors.  If  a  surety 
company  shall  execute  such  bond  the  premium  on 
the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  Club  out  of  the  gen- 
eral funds. 

(d)  The  Treasurer  shall  make  an  annual  report 
to  the  Club  at  its  January  meeting,  and  shall  report 
at  such  other  times  as  the  Club  may  order. 

Duties  of         Section  11.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Financial 
sTcr^tary    Secretary,  Under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, and  of  the  Club,  to  have  general  charge  of  all 
financial  affairs  of  the  Club,. not  otherwise  delegated 
by  this  instrument. 

(a)  He  shall  receive  all  moneys  of  the  Club, 
from  dues,  house  accounts  and  other  sources,  except 
as  authorized  under  authority  of  Art.  XIII,  and 
shall  turn  them  over  to  the  Treasurer  in  systematic 
manner. 

(b)  He  shall  draw  warrants  on  the  Treasurer 
for  payment  of  such  bills  for  general  Club  main- 
tenance and  operation  as  the  Board  of  Directors  shall 
approve. 

(c)  He  shall  supervise  the  Club's  ordinary  finan- 
cial affairs,  and  report  and  make  suggestions  to  the 
Board  of  Directors  concerning  the  same.    He  shall 

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recommend  to  the  Board  of  Directors  a  person  to 
be  appointed  as  Steward  of  the  Club,  and  a  book- 
keeper of  the  Club.  Provided,  That  such  appoint- 
ment shall  be  made  only  by  the  Board  of  Directors, 
(d)  He  shall,  under  the  Board  of  Directors, 
exercise  direction  over  the  employes  and  see  that  in 
all  respects  they  perform  their  duties  faithfully. 

(c)  He  shall  keep  in  permanent  form  a  list  of 
all  members  of  the  Club,  and  of  their  financial  obli- 
gations to  the  Club,  and  shall  obey  all  regulations 
of  the  Constitution  in  relation  to  notices  for  dues 
and  house  accounts  and  all  requirements  stipulated 
in  the  case  of  delinquents. 

(f)  He  shall  keep  in  permanent  form  a  list  of 
all  members  leaving  the  Club  on  account  of  resigna- 
tion, death,  expulsion,  being  dropped  for  delinquent 
dues  or  house  accounts,  or  other  reasons,  together 
with  the  date  and  cause,  and  also  the  amounts,  if 
any,  owing  by  them  to  the  Club. 

(g)  He  shall  report  weekly  to  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors, and  monthly  and  annually  to  the  Club,  and 
shall  include  in  each  of  the  latter  reports  the  num- 
ber of  members  of  the  Club  in  each  class. 

(h)  He  shall  furnish  a  bond,  the  same  as  re- 
quired of  the  Treasurer,  except  that  it  shall  be  in 
the  sum  of  $2,000. 

(i)  The  Financial  Secretary  shall  be  exempt 
from  dues  and  payment  for  meals,  but  not  for  buffet 
supplies  or  cigars,  during  the  time  he  serves. 

(k)  He  shall  have  general  charge  of  the  rooms 
of  the  Club  during  the  intervals  between  the  Board's 

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Duties  of 
Recording 
Secretary 


Duties   of 

Librarian 


Duties  of 
Board  of 
Directors 


meetings,  but  committees  may  be  appointed  to  aid 
him,  upon  his  request. 

(1)  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  Club's  burial 
lot  and  monument  in  Mount  Hope  Cemetery. 

Section  12.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep 
the  minutes  of  all  meetings  of  the  Club  and  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  and  preserve  the  same  in  per- 
manent form.  He  shall  attend  to  all  correspondence, 
except  that  of  a  financial  nature.  He  shall  prepare 
and  send  out  all  notices  of  meetings  and  elections. 
He  shall  see  that  copies  of  all  printed  notices  of 
meetings,  elections,  entertainments,  etc.,  are  preserved 
in  proper  order  and  permanent  form  in  scrap  books. 
He  shall  notify  new  members  of  their  election  and 
send  to  each  a  copy  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Club. 
He  shall  report  annually  to  the  Club,  and  on  request 
of  the  Directory,  or  the  Club.  He  shall  be  exempt 
from  dues  and  payment  for  meals,  but  not  for  buffet 
supplies  or  cigars,  during  the  time  he  serves.  He 
shall  furnish  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $1,(300. 

Section  13.  The  Librarian  shall  have  general 
custody  and  care  of  the  books,  periodicals  and  news- 
papers belonging  to  the  Club,  and  make  an  annual 
report  concerning  the  same. 

Section  14.  The  Board  of  Directors,  as  a  whole, 
always  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the 
Club,  shall  exercise  general  management  of  all  Club 
affairs.  It  shall  carefully  examine  and  pass  upon 
applications  for  membership.  It  shall  audit  bills  and 
order  warrants  for  payment  of  such  as  are  approved. 
On  all  motions  requiring  the  expenditure  of  money 


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a  record  of  the  vote  shall  be  kept.  It  shall  fix  the 
salaries  of  employes.  It  shall  see  that  the  provisions 
of  the  Constitution  in  relation  to  members'  dues  and 
house  accounts  are  strictly  enforced.  It  shall  insist 
on  specified  weekly  reports  from  the  Financial  Sec- 
retary as  to  all  delinquent  house  accounts,  and  shall 
take  such  action  in  relation  thereto  as  the  Constitu- 
tion directs.  It  shall  not  remit  or  cancel  the  house 
accounts,  or  any  part  thereof,  owed  by  any  member. 
It  shall  report  monthly  to  the  Club  and  annually  at 
the  September  meeting. 

The  Board  of  Directors,  annually,  in  advance, 
shall  make  an  estimate  of  the  amount  required  to 
pay  the  Club's  rent  and  other  fixed  charges,  and  shall 
see  to  it  that  a  portion  of  the  Club's  income  is  set 
apart  sufficient  to  meet  such  obligations.  Such  mon- 
eys, so  set  apart,  shall  be  kept  in  a  separate  fund 
and  diverted  to  no  other  purpose  than  the  payment 
of  such  obligations. 

Section  15.    No  general  Press  Club  entertainment   Entertainments 
or  reception  shall  be  given,  in  the  Club  or  elsewhere, 
except  it  be  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Directors,  or 
by  the  Club  at  a  regular  meeting. 

Section  16.  The  Art  Committee  shall  give  advice 
as  to  the  decoration  of  club  rooms,  framing  and 
hanging  of  pictures,  and  other  matters  of  kindred 
nature.  It  shall,  when  requested  by  the  Club  or  the 
Board,  superintend  the  performance  of  work  of  the 
above  description. 


Duties   of 
Art  Committee 


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Art.  V. — Entrance  Fees  and  Dues. 

Entrance  fees         Section   1.    Entrance    fees    for   membership   shall 
be  as  follows : 

(a)  For  active  members,  ten  dollars. 

(b)  For  non-resident  members,  five  dollars. 

(c)  For  life  members,  five  hundred  dollars. 

(d)  For  honorary  members,  nothing. 

(e)  For  active  retired,  nothing. 

Section  2.  Persons  elected  shall  qualify  by  pay- 
ing the  entrance  fee  within  thirty  days  of  notification 
of  election.  Failing  to  do  so  their  election  shall 
thereby  be  invalidated,  and  they  shall  be  duly  noti- 
fied. Their  election  shall  be  canceled  and  they  shall 
not  be  restored  to  the  membership  list  without  being 
again  regularly  posted  and  presented  to  the  Club  for 
election. 

No    credit    shall    be    extended    to    candidates    for 
election  to  membership  until  after  their  election  and 
qualification  by  the  payment  of  initiation  fee. 
Dues         Section  3.    The  dues  shall  be : 

(a)  For  active  members,  $40.00  a  year,  payable 
one-fourth  quarterly  in  advance,  namely,  on  the  first 
day  of  January,  April,  July  and  October,  respectively. 
Provided  that  all  members  who  pay  their  dues  for  a 
year  in  advance,  within  the  first  quarter  of  the  year, 
shall  be  entitled  to  a  discount  of  $2.00. 

(b)  For  non-resident  members,  $10.00  per  year, 
payable  annually  in  advance. 

(c)  Active  retired,  nothing. 

(d)  For  life  and  honorary  members,  nothing. 

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Art.  VI. — Collection  of  Dues. 

Section  1.    Notification  of  indebtedness  for  dues    Notification 
of  active  members  shall  be  sent  out  by  the  Financial 
Secretary  on  the  first  day  of  each  quarter  (January 
1,  April  1,  July  1  and  October  1)  on  a  form  bearing 
a  printed  copy  or  synopsis  of  this  article. 

Section  2.  Upon  the  first  day  of  the  second  month  Posting 
in  each  quarter  (February  1,  May  1,  August  1  and 
November  1)  the  Financial  Secretary  shall  post  on 
the  Club's  bulletin  board  the  names  of  all  members 
who  owe  their  dues,  or  any  part  thereof,  for  the 
current  quarter. 

Section  3.  At  the  regular  meeting  in  the  third  Final  notice 
month  of  each  quarter,  namely,  in  March,  June,  Sep- 
tember and  December,  the  Financial  Secretary  shall 
furnish  a  list  of  all  delinquents  to  the  President,  or 
presiding  officer,  who  thereupon  shall  rise  and  say : 
"By  direction  of  the  Constitution  of  this  Club,  the 
Financial  Secretary  is  hereby  instructed  to  send  no- 
tice to  the  following  members,  that  unless  their 
indebtedness  for  this  quarter  shall  have  been  paid 
in  full  they  will  be  suspended  from  membership  at 
the  next  regular  meeting."  (Here  the  presiding  offi- 
cer shall  read  the  names  of  the  delinquents  and  the 
amounts  owed.) 

Section  4.  At  the  first  regular  meeting  in  each  Suspension 
quarter,  namely,  in  January,  April,  July  and  Octo- 
ber, the  President  or  presiding  officer,  having  been 
furnished  by  the  Financial  Secretary  with  a  list  of 
all  who,  having  been  duly  notified,  have  failed  to  pay 
in  full  their  dues  for  the  preceding  quarter,  shall  rise 

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Exclusion 


Non-resident 
members 


and  say :  "The  following  named  persons  are  delin- 
quent on  last  quarter's  dues :  (Here  he  shall  read 
the  names  and  amounts.)  By  direction  of  the  Con- 
stitution of  this  Club  I  declare  these  persons  sus- 
pended from  membership  in  the  Press  Club  of  Chi- 
cago. They  are  henceforth  debarred  from  all  privi- 
leges of  the  Club  until  their  indebtedness  is  paid  in 
full.  All  who  fail  to  purge  themselves  of  suspension 
within  three  months,  that  is,  pay  in  full  what  they 
owed  when  suspended,  and  also  the  dues  accruing 
thereafter,  shall  be  dropped  from  membership  and 
shall  forfeit  all  claims  upon  the  Club.  The  Financial 
Secretary  will  notify  them  accordingly." 

At  the  same  meeting  the  President  shall  read  the 
names  of  those  who  are  dropped  from  membership 
by  reason  of  their  failure  to  purge  themselves  of 
their  suspension  of  three  months  before,  and  the 
same  shall  be  posted  on  the  bulletin  board  by  the 
Financial  Secretary  as  dropped. 

Section  5.  Notification  of  indebtedness  for  dues 
of  non-resident  members  shall  be  sent  out  on  the 
first  day  of  January  of  each  year.  On  July  1  of  each 
year  a  statement  of  account  shall  be  rendered  to 
each  delinquent.  In  December  of  each  year,  at  the 
same  time  that  final  notice  is  sent  to  delinquent  active 
members,  all  non-resident  members  who  are  delin- 
quent shall  be  notified  that  unless  their  indebtedness 
is  paid  by  the  next  regular  (January)  meeting  fol- 
lowing they  will  be  dropped  from  membership.  At 
the  January  meeting  of  each  year  the  President  or 
presiding  officer  shall  read  the  names  of  all  non- 
resident  members   who   after   final    warning   notice 


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have  failed  to  pay  their  dues  for  the  preceding  year, 
and  shall  announce  that  their  membership  has  ceased, 
and  the  Financial  Secretary  shall  notify  them  ac- 
cordingly. 

Section  6.    The  provisions  of  the  above  five  sec-    No  evasion 
tions  shall  not  be  evaded  by  referring  delinquents  to 
the   Board  of   Directors,   or   in   any   other   manner, 
except  as  provided  by  Section  8  of  this  Article. 

Section  7.  Any  person  excluded  from  the  Club  Restoration 
under  this  article,  who  shall  desire  to  re-enter,  must 
pay  the  amount  he  owed  at  the  time  of  his  exclusion 
and  conform  to  the  requirements  governing  the  ad- 
mission of  new  members,  including  payment  of  en- 
trance fee. 

Section  8.  When  a  member  is  sick,  or  meets  with 
other  misfortune,  and  the  Board  of  Directors  is 
satisfied  that  in  consequence  it  would  be  a  great 
hardship  for  him  to  pay  his  dues,  it  may  remit  said 
dues  for  such  time  as  the  reason  remains  valid. 


Remission 
of   dues 


Art.  VII. — Meetings. 

Section  1.   The  meetings  of  the  Club  shall  be  held 
as   follows : 

(a)  The  annual   meeting  known  as  the  annual    Annual  election 
election,  on  the  first  Thursday  after  the  first  day  of 

September  at  4  o'clock  p.  m.  Provided^  That  the 
presentation  of  annual  reports  and  the  installation 
of  officers  shall  occur  at  the  regular  September  meet- 
ing on  the  second  Saturday  thereof. 

(b)  Regular   monthly   meetings   on   the    second 
Saturday  of  each  month  at  1 :30  o'clock  p.  m. 


Monthly 
meetings 


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Order  of         The  order  of  business  at  all  regular  meetings  of 
the  Club  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Reading  of  minutes. 

3.  Reports  of  officers. 

4.  Reports-  of  -standing  committees. 

5.  Reports  of  special,  committees. 

6.  Reading, of  delinquent  lists,  if  any. 

7.  Action. on  house  accounts. 

8.  Reading  of  resignations,  and  action  thereon. 

9.  Election  of  members. 

10.  Unfinished  business. 

11.  Installation  of  officers  at  the  September  reg- 
ular meeting,  second  Saturday. 

12.  New  business. 

Special  ^^^     Special  meetings  shall  be  called  by  the  Pres- 

meetings    .  ,  ,  r      i        -r-»  i       <-    t^-        , 

ident  upon  the   request  of  the   Board  of   Directors, 

or  upon  order  by  the  Club,  or  at  the  written  request 

of    any   ten   members   of   the    Club.     Notice    of   the 

meetings    thus    called    shall,    without    question,    be 

posted  on  the  bulletin  board  or  sent  to  members  by 

the  Recording  Secretary,  if  so  requested. 

Cluh  quorum  Section  2.  Twenty-five  members  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  at  regular 
and  special  meetings  of  the  Club,  except  as  herein- 
after provided. 
Board  meetings  Section  3.  Meetings  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
shall  be  held  as  follows : 

(a)     Regular  meetings  weekly,  at  such  time  as 
the  Directors  may  decide. 

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(b)  Special  tneetings  at  the  call  of  the  Presi- 
dent, or  at  the  request  of  five  Directors. 

(c)  The  order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows :    Order  of 

_     ,,         ,,  ,  ,.  .        .  business 

1.  Roll  call  and  reading  of  mmutes. 

2.  Itemized  report  of  Financial  Secretary  as  to 
receipts,  names  of  delinquents  on  house  accounts 
with  amounts,  and  condition  of  the  property  of  the 
Club. 

3.  Examination  of  bills  and  their  payment  by 
vouchers  signed  by  the  President  and  Financial  Sec- 
retary. 

4.  Canvass  of  applications  for  membership. 

5.  Unfinished  business. 

6.  New  business. 

Section  4.  Five  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business,  except  as  provided  in 
Article  XI   (charges  against  members). 

Art.  VIII. — Application  for  Membership. 

Section  1.  xA-pplications  for  membership  must  be  Amplications 
posted  on  the  bulletin  board  for  two  weeks  or  more  ^^''  "'^"'^^''^'''t' 
before  being  acted  on  by  the  Club.  Applications 
must  show  the  name,  residence,  occupation,  news- 
paper connection,  or  other  qualification  of  the  appli- 
cant, and  each  one  must  be  signed  by  two  or  more 
members  of  the  Club  as  proposers.  The  Board  of 
Directors  shall  consider  and  pass  upon  the  eligibility 
and  desirability  of  each  applicant,  require  personal 
information  from  the  indorsers,  and  report  concern- 
ing the  same  at  the  Club  meeting  at  which  action  is 

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to  be  taken.  In  absence  of  such  action  by  the  Board, 
the  Secretary  shall  furnish  the  members  with  a  list 
•  of  such  applicants,  stating  their  qualifications  and 
their  sponsors.  When  a  candidate  is  not  vouched 
for  by  some  member  in  person  or  by  letter,  his  name 
shall  be  held  until  the  next  regular  meeting  and  his 
sponsors  notified.  Any  applicant  who  has  been 
posted  for  membership  shall  enjoy  the  same  privi- 
leges as  the  holder  of  a  visitor's  card  until  such 
time  as  he  shall  be  elected  or  rejected,  providing 
that  his  sponsors  shall  be  jointly  and  severally  re- 
sponsible for  any  indebtedness  he  may  contract  in 
the  Club. 
Balloting  Section  2.  The  voting  on  applicants  by  the  Club 
shall  be  by  written  or  printed  ballots,  showing  their 
names,  thus  permitting  all  applicants,  however  nu- 
merous, to  be  voted  upon  at  once.  In  all  cases 
where  a  "no"  is  omitted  a  "yes"  shall  be  under- 
stood. The  President  shall  appoint  a  teller.  The 
teller  shall  distribute  the  ballots.  As  the  teller  col- 
lects the  ballots  he  shall  announce  the  name  of  the 
voter,  and  the  number  of  ballots  must  correspond 
with  the  number  of  voters  as  noted  by  the  Secretary. 
The  ballots  shall  be  counted  by  the  teller  and  two 
assistants  appointed  by  the  President. 
Rejection         Any  candidate  receiving  seven  or  more  negative 

votes  shall  be  declared  rejected. 
The  count  Section  3.  Upon  completion  of  the  canvass  of 
votes  and  at  once  the  teller  shall  announce  the  result 
in  open  meeting,  giving  the  names  of  those  rejected, 
if  any,  but  not  the  number  of  negative  votes  received. 
The  President  thereupon  shall  declare  the  successful 

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applicants  elected  to  membership  in  the  Club,  and, 
if  no  objection  is  raised,  the  ballots  shall  be  de- 
stroyed. If  objection  is  raised  by  two  or  more 
members  the  ballots  shall  be  turned  over  to  a  spe- 
cial committee  of  three,  appointed  by  the  President, 
for  a  recount. 

Section  4.    No  applicant  who  has  suffered  rejec-   Barred 
tion  shall  be  eligible  to  election  during  the  period  of    f^''  ^"^  y<^"'' 
one  year  therefrom. 

Section  5.    Any  person  having  left  the  Club  by    Readmission 
resignation,  when  in  good  standing,  and  desiring  to 
re-enter,  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  govern- 
ing the  admission  of  new  members,  except  that  he 
shall  not  be  required  to  pay  an  entrance  fee. 

Art,  IX. — Waiting  Lists. 

Section  1.  When  the  active  membership  limit  is  Waiting 
full  the  names  of  applicants  shall  be  canvassed  by  ^^^^^ 
the  Directors,  and  if  approved  shall  be  duly  posted, 
and  placed  on  a  waiting  list  by  the  Secretary,  in  the 
order  in  which  they  are  presented.  Vacancies,  when 
they  occur,  shall  be  filled  from  such  waiting  list,  the 
applicants  being  advanced  to  election  in  the  same 
numerical  order  that  their  applications  were  filed. 

Section  2.  When  the  life  membership  limit  is 
full  the  names  of  applicants  shall  be  similarly  placed 
on  a  waiting  list,  and  upon  a  vacancy  occurring  shall 
be  advanced  to  election  in  like  manner  as  specified 
in  the  previous  section. 


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Art  X. — House  Accounts. 

Credit  Section  1.    Credit  on  house  account  to  member-s 

statements    j^^  ^^^^  standing  shall  not  exceed  $10  in  amount  or 
thirty  days  in  time. 

Section  2.  The  first  day  of  each  month  state- 
ments shall  be  sent,  by  the  Financial  Secretary,  to 
all  members  who  owe  house  accounts,  regardless  of 
the  amount.  Whenever  a  member's  account  reaches, 
or  exceeds,  $5  in  amount  or  fifteen  days  in  time,  he 
shall  be  rendered  a  statement  made  out  on  a  differ- 
ent colored  blank,  prominently  printed  on  which 
shall  be  the  words  "The  Constitution  of  the  Club 
stops  credit  at  $10  in  amount  or  thirty  days  in  time." 

uspension         Section    3.     When    a    member's    indebtedness    on 
or  credit 

house  account  reaches  $10  in  amount  or  thirty  days 

in  time  his  credit  shall  be  stopped  and  he  shall 
promptly  be  sent  a  notice  stating  that  fact,  and  also 
that,  in  the  event  of  the  account  not  being  previ- 
ously paid  in  full  he  will,  by  constitutional  require- 
ment, be  reported  to  the  Board  of  Directors  at  its 
next  meeting  as  a  delinquent.  If  the  delinquent 
member  fails  to  pay  such  account  within  two  weeks 
therefrom,  the  Board  shall  notify  him  that,  if  his 
account  still  remains  unpaid,  his  name  and  the 
amount  he  owes  will  be  reported  and  read  at  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Club,  which,  by  constitutional 
requirement,  must  suspend  him  from  membership. 
House  account  Section  4.  The  making  of  reports  as  required 
b)^  the  preceding  section  shall  have  a  regular  place 
in  the  order  of  business  of  the  meetings  of  the  Club. 
When  such  report  is  made  to  the  Club  the  President 

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reports 


shall  say :  "By  requirement  of  the  Constitution  the 
persons  reported  delinquent  are  hereby  suspended 
from  the  Club  until  full  payment  is  made  of  their 
indebtedness,  and  if  they  do  not  purge  themselves 
of  the  suspension  within  three  months  they  will  be 
dropped  from  membership.  The  Financial  Secretary 
will  notify  them  accordingly,  and  post  their  names 
on  the  bulletin  board."  At  each  regular  meeting  of 
the  Club  the  President  shall  read  the  names  of  all 
persons,  if  any,  thus  to  be  acted  upon,  and  the 
amounts  owed. 

Section  5.  Every  member  delinquent,  as  above 
indicated,  in  point  of  amount  or  time,  who  has  dis- 
regarded the  statements  and  warning  notices  sent 
him,  shall  be  reported  to  the  Board  and  the  Club,  by 
the  Financial  Secretary,  in  full  conformity  with  said 
warning  notices,  without  favor,  discrimination  or 
omission. 

Section  6.  The  Board  shall  have  discretionary 
power  in  dealing  with  all  house  accounts  under  $2 
which  have  run  over  thirty  days  in  time. 

Art.    XI. — Charges    Against    Members. 
Section     1.     Charges    of    immoral    or    unprofes- 
sional   conduct,    or    conduct    unbecoming    a    gentle-    against 
man,    or   violation    of    any    regulation    of    the    Club,    members 
preferred  by  any  member  against  another  member, 
shall  be  considered  by  not  less  than  a  majority  of 
the   full   Board  of  Directors,  who  may    (1)    dismiss 
the  case,  or  (2)   suspend  or  expel  the  accused  mem- 
ber if,  upon  investigation,  he  be  found  guilty,  or  (3) 
report  the  case,  with  or  without  recommendation,  to 
the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Club.    Any  member, 

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against  whom  charges  have  been  preferred,  shall 
Right  of  have  the  right  of  a  hearing  before  action  shall  be 
taken,  and  if  suspended  or  expelled  by  the  Board 
shall  have  the  right  of  appeal  to  the  Club,  which 
may,  at  any  regular  meeting,  my  a  majority  vote, 
approve  or  overrule  the  action  of  the  Board,  or,  in 
case  of  non-action  by  the  Board,  may  suspend  or 
expel,  or  take  such  other  action  as  may  seem  justi- 
fied, provided  that  expulsion  by  the  Board  or  by 
the  Club  shall  require  a  two-thirds  vote  of  not  less 
than  seven  members  of  the  former,  or  of  twenty- 
four  members  of  the  latter;  and  provided,  further, 
that  in  either  or  both  investigations  the  accused  may 
be  represented  by  a  fellow-member,  and  full  notice 
shall  be  sent  to  all  voting  members. 
Reconsideration  Section  2.  No  action  of  a  disciplinary  nature  by 
the  Board  of  Directors  or  by  the  Club  shall  be  recon- 
sidered, rescinded,  or  otherwise  changed,  either  by 
the  Board  of  Directors  or  the  Club,  by  a  less  num- 
ber than  that  by  which  the  original  action  was  taken, 
and   full  notice  shall  also  be   given. 

Art.   XII. — Amendment   or   Revision. 

Section    1.     Amendments   to    or    revision   of   this 
Constitution  may  be  made  as  follows  : 

Individual         (a)     Individual   amendments   may   be   offered   in 
amendments  •-•         i  ^-  i       '  i 

writmg  by  any  votmg  member  at  any  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  Club,  and  shall  be  read  aloud  by  the 
Recording  Secretary  and  posted  on  the  bulletin  board 
for  the  time  intervening  until  the  next  regular  meet- 
ing.   At   such   regular   meeting   such    amendment   or 

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amendments  shall  be  open  to  discussion  and  further 
germane  amendments.  Upon  approval  by  two-thirds 
of  the  voters  present  at  the  meeting  such  amend- 
ment or  amendments  shall  be  considered  adopted, 
and  be  so  declared  by  the  President, 

(b)  At  any  regular  meeting  of  the  Club,  at  the 
request  of  two-thirds  of  the  voting  members  pres- 
ent, the  President  shall  appoint  a  committee  of  not 
less  than  five  on  the  Constitution.  This  committee 
shall  report  a  project  entire  to  the  Club  not  later 
than  the  second  regular  meeting  thereafter.  This 
document  shall  be  read  aloud  by  the  Recording 
Secretary,  entire  or  by  title,  as  the  Club  by  majority 
vote  shall  decide,  and  be  posted  entire  upon  the  bul- 
letin board.  Upon  request  of  one-third  of  the  voting 
members  present  the  reported  project  shall  be  im- 
mediately printed  on  galley  slips  for  the  convenience 
of  members.  At  the  next  regular  meeting,  under 
the  order  of  unfinished  business,  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Constitution,  so  posted,  or  posted  and 
printed,  shall  be  taken  up  for  amendment  and  final 
adoption.  Two-thirds  of  the  voting  members  present 
shall  be  required  to  secure  the  adoption  of  such 
project,  making  it  the  new  Constitution  of  the  Club. 
Any  Committee  on  Constitution  having  been  out  for 
more  than  the  time  covered  by  three  regular  meet- 
ings shall  be  declared  discharged  from  its  duties 
by  the  President,  at  the  request  of  any  voting 
member  at  any   regular  meeting  of  the   Club. 

Section   2.    The    Recording    Secretary    shall    not   Notice 
fail,  in  sending  notices  of  regular  meetings,  to  give 

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property 


information  and  warning  to  members  when  the  Con- 
stitution is  up  for  final  action  on  amendment  or  re- 
vision. 

Art.  XIII. — Management  of  Building^  Etc. 
Management  of         Section  1.    The  Press  Club  of  Chicago  may  man- 
age its  property  at  26  N.  Dearborn  Street  in  any 
of  the  following  ways,  or  in  other  ways  if  deemed 
to  be  more  expedient : 

(a)  At  any  time  after  it  shall  be  found  to  be  a 
clearly  legal  proceeding,  the  said  Press  Club  may 
authorize  the  formation  of  an  Ancillary  Press  Club, 
a  corporation  for  profit  under  the  Illinois  laws.  In 
this  ancillary  corporation  the  voting  members  in 
good  standing  of  the  said  Press  Club,  and  no  others, 
shall  be  shareholders,  and  all  ojfficers  of  the  said 
ancillary  corporation  shall  be  voting  members  of  the 
said  Press  Club. 

(b)  The  said  Press  Club  may  empower  a  trust 
company  of  first-class  standing  to  act  as  its  agent 
under  a  mutually  revocable  covenant,  and  for  a  com- 
pensation, the  agent  performing  such  duties  as  may 
be  agreed  upon  under  written  covenant. 

(c)  The  said  Press  Club  may  appoint  one  or 
more  of  its  voting  members  to  perform  the  same 
duties  as  in  paragraph  (b),  and  for  a  compensation. 

(d)  The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  said  Press 
Club  may  manage  and  administer  the  property  of 
the  said  Press  Club,  but  without  compensation  to 
any  elected  officer  of  the  said  Press  Club. 

Section  2.    No  covenant  made  by  the  said  Press 

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Club  shall  traverse  or  nullify  the  spirit  and  principle 
of  this  organic  instrument — namely,  that  the  said 
Press  Club  itself  shall  enjoy  regular  monthly  meet- 
ings of  all  its  voting  members,  general  supervision 
of  all  its  fraternal  affairs,  and  annual,  free,  and 
open  elections,  in  which  all  voting  members  shall 
have  equal  rights;  and  no  officer  of  the  said  Press 
Club  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  longer  than  one 
year,  except  as  provided  in  Art.  IV,  Sec.  3;  but  all 
officers  of  the  said  Press  Club  shall  be  eligible  for 
re-election. 

Section  3.  The  said  Press  Club  binds  itself 
hereby  to  faithfully  perform  its  part  of  any  cove- 
nant made  in  conformity  with  this  Art.  XIII,  and 
will,  in  its  action,  be  thus  and  that  far  guided  by  the 
details  of  said  covenant,  the  same  as  if  those  con- 
formable details  were  entered  into  this  organic  in- 
strument—  (it  again  being  reserved  and  understood 
that  the  said  Press  Club,  within  its  own  proper 
government,  shall  continue  to  enjoy  the  rights  of 
regular  monthly  meetings,  supervision  of  all  its 
own  affairs,  and  annual  free,  and  open  elections,  as 
stated  in  Section  2). 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  voting 
members  of  the  said  Press  Club,  its  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, and  its  financial  officers  in  particular,  to  de- 
mand from  any  agent  that  may  be  employed,  a 
faithful  and  exact  performance  of  all  covenants 
entered    upon. 

Section  5.  Provided,  Any  plan  of  management 
whatever  of  the  general  property  and  finances  of  the 

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said  Press  Club  must  be  reported  to  the  Club  in 
regular  monthly  meeting,  read  aloud  by  the  Record- 
ing Secretary,  posted  for  one  month,  and  debated  at 
a  later  regular  monthly  meeting.  To  become  finally 
effective  it  must  secure  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  vot- 
ing members  present. 

Section  6.  The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  said 
Press  Club  shall  not  create  any  interest-bearing  debt 
against  the  said  Press  Club  without  authority  from 
the  said  Press  Club,  obtained  by  report  of  a  project, 
posting  of  said  reported  project  for  one  month,  and 
subsequent  adoption  of  said  project  or  its  amend- 
ment, in  regular  meeting,  by  a  two-thirds  majority, 
for  each  financial  transaction. 

Section  7.  Due  notice  of  any  action  under  this 
Article  (XIII)  must  be  given  by  the  Recording 
Secretary  to  all  voting  members. 

Art.  XIV. — Miscellaneous. 
Visitors'  cards  Section  1.  Visitor's  cards,  entitling  the  holder  to 
the  privileges  of  the  Club  rooms  for  two  weeks, 
may  be  issued  by  the  President,  upon  request  of 
members  in  good  standing,  to  persons  for  whose 
conduct  and  expenditures  in  the  Club  they  sign  a 
guarantee  and  become  personally  responsible.  Pro- 
vided, that  such  cards  shall  not  be  issued  to  the 
same  person  more  than  once  in  any  six  consecutive 
months,  or  to  any  one  who  has  been  expelled,  or 
dropped  for  delinquent  dues  or  house  accounts.  The 
names  of  all  persons  receiving  such  cards  shall  be 
kept  posted  on  the  bulletin  board  during  the  time 
the  cards  are  operative. 

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Section  2.  Whenever  any  member  is  reported 
sick  or  in  need,  the  Board  shall  appoint  a  special 
visiting  committee  to  investigate  and  report  upon 
the  case. 

Section  3.  No  book  or  other  property  of  the 
Club  shall  be  taken  out  of  the  Club  rooms.  No  por- 
trait, picture,  decoration,  advertisement  or  other  ar- 
ticle shall  be  hung  in  the  Club  rooms  without  au- 
thority being  given  by  the  Club  or  the  Board  of 
Directors. 

Section  4.  On  all  parliamentary  questions  not 
otherwise  provided  for,  Roberts'  Rules  of  Order 
shall  be  authority,  provided  there  shall  be  no  cur- 
tailment of  reasonable  debate. 

Section  5.  A  set  of  House  Rules  not  in  conflict 
with  the  spirit  or  letter  of  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws,  may,  when  deemed  necessary,  be  adopted 
and  printed  with  this  instrument,  but,  to  the  broad- 
est extent  possible,  permanent  rules  for  the  personal 
guidance  of  members  should  not  be  posted  on  the 
walls.  Such  printed  House  Rules,  if  passed,  shall 
be  adopted  by  not  less  than  a  two-thirds  vote  of  a 
regular  meeting,  after  having  been  read  at  a  previous 
meeting  and  posted  one  month. 

Section  6.  Any  Club  caucus  held  in  the  Club 
rooms  and  mustering  not  less  than  twenty-five  vot- 
ing members,  proceeding  with  chairman  and  clerk, 
may  nominate  a  full  ticket,  with  but  one  candidate 
for  each  office.  When  the  chairman  and  clerk  shall 
have  posted  this  ticket  on  the  bulletin  board  and 
certified  a  true  copy  to  the  Financial  Secretary  not 
later  than  ten  days  before  election,  the  Club  shall 

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Sick  members 


Non-removal  of 
property 


Parliamentary 


House  rules 
authorised 


Methods  of 
nomination 


print  and  send  such  ticket  to  all  voting  members. 
All  caucus  tickets  similarly  made  shall  bear  the 
heading:  "Press  Club  ticket  No.  — ,"  together  with 
the  date  of  club  election ;  the  address  of  the  Press 
Club ;  the  names  of  nominees  and  offices,  and  shall 
bear  nothing  else  whatever.  All  tickets  sent  by  the 
Club  shall  be  printed  on  the  same  size  and  color  of 
paper,  and  always  on  separate  slips.  The  Board 
shall  not  order  a  caucus.  The  Club  may,  at  the 
August  regular  meeting,  order  a  caucus.  Neither 
the  Club  nor  the  Board  shall  name  Committees  of 
Nominators  with  power  to  act.  All  nominations, 
however  made,  must  be  posted  on  the  bulletin  board 
not  later  than  120  secular  hours  (five  full  week- 
days) before  the  opening  hour  of  voting  at  the  an- 
nual election.  And  detailed  notice  of  all  said  nomi- 
nations on  the  bulletin  board  must  be  sent  by  the 
Club  to  all  voting  members.  The  judges  of  elec- 
tion, at  the  annual  election,  shall  count  and  report, 
and  the  Club  shall  record,  all  votes  cast  in  the  way 
ordinarily  proper,  but  persons  not  specifically  nom- 
inated and  posted  as  above  provided,  shall  them- 
selves be  disqualified  from  holding  the  said  specific 
offices  by  or  through  the  said  election. 
Repeal  Section  7.  All  minutes,  resolutions  and  constitu- 
tional amendments  heretofore  passed,  and  conflict- 
ing with  the  terms  of  this  instrument,  are  hereby 
repealed. 
In  effect  Section  8.  This  Constitution  shall  go  into  effect 
immediately  upon  its  passage. 

pf^  Adopted  April  12,  1908. 

/[gCJCJ  Revised  to  May  1,   1911. 

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